Finally could play "Arcania: the gothic tale" which is meant to be the 4th part of Gothic game series. Man, I was waiting for this one to come out for over a year!
So many hopes, so many nights watching the trailer again and agian, reading through community forums and stuff, dreaming how great it would be after the absolute flaw of Gothic 3… And what??First of all I should say I am a big fan of Gothic 1 and 2 games - those I my favorite RPGs ever.Gothic 3 was just.. bad - glitchy, full of bugs which influenced gameplay. Didnt seem like a completed game at all.Then Jowood finally anounced Gothic 4 is comming and instead of Pirahna Bytes - it would be made by SpellBound (who seemed a pretty nice developer team)What they said was - we'll keep in mind all the flaws of the 3rd part and will make Gothic4 a real Gothic game.So everybody was expecting the return of the series, and what we got instead??I could make it to the 20th level in less then an hour when in the original Gothic 1 and 2 it would take me about two days.The story completely sucks, the game is linear as a ruler and what is worst - it doesnt seem like a gothic game at all - some descent RPG - maybe, but not a Gothic!Okay, I know the series is not as popular in North America as it is in Europe and especially Germany, but hopefully there are some pals who can cry with me about the death of the series :'(
Never heard of it, most likely because the only RPG I've ever played and enjoyed was Mass Effect 2, and that was more of a shooter than a RPG. :|
I've never even played Gothic…I just always assumed it was about vampires and lame stuff.
Saying vampires and lame stuff is redundant.
It had nothing to do with vampires, its an RPG in a land full of orcs, humans and tons of different creatures.
Plus a huge world you are free to travel and explore, several parties you can join which really influence the gameplay and tons of quests.Here's a gothic2 video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN9ENffyUucHave you played Risen?
I bought the Gothic bundle on Steam this summer when all 3 games were $5. I played only the third one and I wasn't very happy.
Rob is right. The new Gothic was way to hyped up. The entire look of it and the combo system seemed to me as if it would ruin the feel of the game. If you haven't played Risen, get it. Good stuff.